Rodolfo Chavez, 35, one of the 46 people jailed in “Operation Shockwave,” an arrest sweep for local criminal suspects with outstanding warrants, which authorities conducted late last week. Chavez, who was jailed for an alleged parole violation, has been in and out of state prison five times since 2002. He was most recently released in June.

Rodolfo Chavez, 35, one of the 46 people jailed in “Operation Shockwave,” an arrest sweep for local criminal suspects with outstanding warrants, which authorities conducted late last week. Chavez, who was jailed for an alleged parole violation, has been in and out of state prison five times since 2002. He was most recently released in June.

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Peeler said, “People deserve to live in safe neighborhoods, and it doesn’t matter if the safe neighborhood is a country club or the projects.”

In all, eight guns and “multiple pounds” of the drug ecstasy were seized, he said.

Deputy John Edgar of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force issued what amounted to a warning to local criminals.

“If you’re a violent felon and you have a warrant,” Edgar said, “we’re gonna find you, we’re gonna arrest you and we’re gonna prosecute you. ... This community is tired of it. They’re tired of looking over their shoulder, of being scared.”